Social Gaming News Digest for the week ending July 30, 2010

Things happen so fast in the social gaming space these days, it can be hard to keep up. For those who need a little help, here’s a quick recap of some of the biggest social gaming news of the week. By far the biggest happening this week was Disney’s purchase of Playdom for up to $720 million

Playdom’s Poker Palace gets World Series of Poker branding

With all the craziness surrounding Playdom and Disney this week, we scarcely noticed that another major-but-not-quite-Disney-level brand hooking on to Playdom’s rising star. That brand is the venerable World Series of Poker (WSOP), which earlier this week added their stamp on top of the game formerly known as Playdom’s Poker Palace . The decision to brand an existing game is a bit unorthodox in a world where major brands usually launch their own promotional Facebook games